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{
    "localId": "19543",
    "label": "Dish with a Human Figure and a Bird",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2364"
}

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    "id": "19543",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2364",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dish with a Human Figure and a Bird",
    "description": "Ceramic vessels with monochrome painting in a similar style are typical of Christian Egypt. Birds and other animals are often found depicted on them. The meaning of the composition seen on this example is unclear.",
    "provenance": "David David-Weill, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 6, 1971, no. 22; Charles K. Kelekian, New York, 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1974, by purchase.",
    "date": "7th century (Late Antique)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2364",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramics",
        "dishes"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2364_Fnt_TR_T01III.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2364_Fnt_TR_T01III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.2364_Fnt_TR_T01III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 16.5,
            "height": 16.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (16.5 x 16.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Coptic",
    "med": "terracotta",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6833"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "BYZ"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1957",
        "246",
        "2752"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_48.2364_Fnt_TR_T01III.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bcc031f5c7903378"
}